10th March

…It will have ‘a few’ well into April too. UK Record largest Camellia x williamsii (never named) UK Record largest Camellia x williamsii (never named) Camellia ‘Sode-gashuki’ is back on…

29th November

…garden entrance. malus More flowers on a Camellia ‘Sode-gashuki’ (‘Gauntlettii’) near the Engine House. The plant outside the front door had a flower a fortnight or so ago. Camellia ‘Sode-gashuki’…

9th February

…japonica ‘Sode-Gashuki’ still has plenty of flowers beside the ‘Lady Clare’ despite first showing in November. Camellia japonica ‘Sode-Gashuki’ 2022 – CHW Quercus franchettii is an evergreen and has taken…

14th February

…Camellia ‘Sode-gashuki’ is now a frosted, windblown, petal blighted mess by the front door but there are still a few new flowers. It was first out this year in October…

30th November

…‘Gauntlettii’ (Camellia ‘Sode-gashuki’)? Camellia ‘Noblissima’ Camellia ‘Noblissima’ Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘China Ruby’ with its wonderful peeling bark in the sunshine. What a plant! Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘China Ruby’…

29th October

…first solitary and slug eaten flower on Camellia ‘Sode-goshuki’ (syn. ‘Gauntlettii’) by the front door. Camellia ‘Sode-goshuki’ 2020 – CHW A rogue secondary flower on the record Styrax odoratissimus just…